I don't remember when has arisen this sudden desire to go to Portugal. That was probably during one of those warm day of the summer 2013, when I didn't want to work anymore. I needed fresh air, I suppose.
Then I booked a flight from La Rochelle to Porto. With Ryanair, there is no reason to hesitate as the prices are affordable. The rest followed : I did some Couchsurfing, but the main idea was to visit Portuguese friends I met in Poland.

It rained during all my stay; deep irony, as I also went to Portugal to find the sun. Strangely, the rain is my companion all the time I travel, I guess it should love me. Anyway, I arrived in Porto, a cute city by the river in the north of Portugal. Made with streets up and down, you can be sure to have steel legs after a couple of days spent there ! Porto is near by the Douro river, and the bridge you can see on the pictures has been designed by Gustave Eiffel himself.
I stayed via Couchsurfing at Jakub's place, a Polish guy. I meet Polish people everywhere I travel ! Jakub lived with three other Polish girls, and among them, one was the owner of the flat. She was hosting a German couple through AirBnB, and then another Polish couple. It was like the Polish appartment, but I have to say that I always have very good feelings with Polish people. I experimented the nightlife in Porto, young people drinking beers by the Douro river, under the lights of the famous bridge, with the sound of a guitare player, whom claimed he was coming from nowhere.

The city itself, I appreciated it without finding it transcendent. That's probably why I don't have so many pictures of Porto. Of course there is the nice prommenade on the port that you can't miss, and the marvellous view you have from the top of the bridge. There are narrow and pretty streets with colorful buildings. I like to stroll in the streets of the cities I visit. I'm not the kind of person who wants to visit all the possible museums and touristic attractions. I like to be lazy, to take my time, have a walk and meet people. It's satisfying for me, so I can't advice things to do or places to eat. However, I can say that I've survived thanks to fruits which are relatively not so expensive there. The Fruitaria or Mercado are places in whose I could spend hours ! Huge displays of fruits and vegetables, a real paradise.

That's all for Porto. I stayed two nights, the monday and the tuesday, then I took the bus to Coimbra - I have a break about hitchhiking, easiness is good sometimes - for the best part of my trip. Adventure continues, stay tuned !